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USS Little Rock (CLG 4) At the New York Shipbuilding Corporation
shipyard, Camden, New Jersey, 19 December 1959, while completing conversion
to a guided missile ship.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 98972.

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USS Little Rock (CLG 4) View amidships on the port side, looking
forward, taken at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Camden,
New Jersey, 19 December 1959, while she was completing conversion to
a guided missile ship. Note details of the ship's forward superstructure,
smokestack, boat davit and stowage racks for inflatable life rafts.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 98973.

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USS Little Rock (CLG 4) View looking forward along the port
side, from off the after superstructure, 19 December 1959. Taken at
the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Camden, New Jersey,
while she was completing conversion to a guided missile ship. Note SPG-49
guidance radars for Little Rock's "Talos" missile system (in
lower right) and the very large diamond-shaped antenna for her SPS-2
height-finding search radar (atop the after superstructure).

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 98974.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 98949.

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USS Little Rock (CLG 4) "Talos" guided missiles on the ship's
missile launcher, November 1960. Note the insignia on the launcher,
depicting a missile hitting an airplane, SPG-49 missile guidance radars
pointed in the same direction as the launcher, and the large diamond-shaped
antenna for the ship's SPS-2 radar.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph #KN-1120.

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USS Little Rock (CLG 4) Launches a "Talos" guided missile. The
original photograph bears the rubber-stamped date 1 November 1960, but
was accompanied by a press release describing missile firings in February
1961 and identifying the photographer as Seaman Virgil Sawyer.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 98964.

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USS Little Rock (CLG 4) Underway at sea, with her
crew paraded on deck, circa November 1960. The original caption released
with this photograph on 8 November 1960 reads:

"USS Little Rock Returns to Philadelphia"
"The U.S.S. Little Rock (CLG 4) returns to Philadelphia Friday
(Nov. 11) after a successful two-month training cruise in the Caribbean,
the Navy announced today."
"The powerful TALOS missile ship and her 1100 man crew will arrive at
the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard about 2 p.m."
"Little Rock will be in the yard for a holiday leave period lasting
nearly two months. In January the ship departs for Norfolk, Va., for Atlantic
Fleet Exercises."

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 98950.

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USS Little Rock (CLG 4) At the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard,
Pennsylvania, in December 1960, probably while undergoing an inclining
experiment. Note scaffolding around her masts.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 98975.

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USS Little Rock (CLG 4) View amidships on the starboard side,
taken the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Pennsylvania, in December 1960,
probably while she was undergoing an inclining experiment. Note boat
stowage and handling arrangements. Boats appear to include a motor whaleboat,
two personnel boats and a utility boat.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 98976.

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USS Little Rock (CLG 4) Steams off El Morro Fortress, on the
northwest tip of San Juan, Puerto Rico, circa 1960. Note the old cannon
in the fort, including five muzzle-loading types at left and a late-19th
Century breech-loading rifle in the center.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 98951.

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USS Little Rock (CLG 4) Underway at sea, while operating with
a Second Fleet task force, 19 January 1961. Taken by PHC C.A. Berntsen,
USN.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 98952.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 98953.

USNHC/CAPT John C. Ruff USN (Ret.)

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USS Little Rock (CLG 4) Fires a "Talos" guided missile while
off San Juan, Puerto Rico, 16 November 1961. Taken by Seaman Lenhoff.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 98954.

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USS Little Rock (CLG 4) Underway on 8 November 1962.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 98958.

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USS Little Rock (CLG 4) View of the ship's after superstructure,
from starboard, while she was undergoing an inclining experiment at
the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia, 11 January 1963. The
large round antenna for her newly-installed SPS-30 radar is in the top
center of the image. Ship in the background appears to be USS
Diamond Head (AE 19).

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 98977.

USS Little Rock (CLG 4) Underway at sea, circa 1965. This photograph,
which was received by "All Hands" magazine on 9 June 1965, was accompanied
by the following caption: "The guided missile cruiser USS Little
Rock (CLG 4) will take over temporary duty as flagship for Commander
Second Fleet Vice Admiral K.S. Masterson on June 19th."

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 98955.

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USS Little Rock (CLG 4) At the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth,
Virginia, for a 32-week repair and overhaul period. The ship was relieved
as flagship for Commander Second Fleet on 12 January 1966 and entered
the Norfolk Naval Shipyard on 17 January. The original photograph was
received by "All Hands" magazine on 1 February 1966.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 98959.

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USS Little Rock (CLG 4) View of the ship's forward superstructure,
taken while she was undergoing an inclining experiment at the Norfolk
Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia, 28 September 1966.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 98978.

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USS Little Rock (CLG 4) View of the ship's foredeck area, taken
while she was undergoing an inclining experiment at the Norfolk Naval
Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia, 28 September 1966. Note her twin 5"/38
gun mount and triple 6"/47 gun turret, with anchor-handling gear and
a large NTDS antenna beyond.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 98979.

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USS Little Rock (CLG 4) View amidships, from port, taken while
the ship was undergoing an inclining experiment at the Norfolk Naval
Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia, 28 September 1966. Note motor whaleboat
suspended from the sliding davit, with a utility boat stowed immediately
aft.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 98980.

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USS Little Rock (CLG 4) View of the ship's after superstructure,
from starboard, taken while the ship was undergoing an inclining experiment
at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia, 28 September 1966.
Note SPG-49 (at left & left center) and SPW-2 (at top center) guidance
radars for her "Talos" missile system, and inflatable life rafts stowed
around the deckhouse sides.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 98981.

USS Little Rock (CLG 4) in port at dusk, circa 1967. The original
photograph was received by "All Hands" magazine on 26 December
1967. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval
Historical Center.

USNHC Photo #NH 98960.

Robert Hurst

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USS Little Rock (CLG 4) At anchor in the harbor at Gaeta, Italy,
her home port as flagship of the Sixth Fleet, March 1967. Taken by PHC
H.L. Wise, USN.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center #NH 98956.

Little Rock, as seen from the Soviet cruiser "Mikhail
Kutusov" in the Mediterranean Sea on 28 October1968. The Commannding
Officer of Soviet cruiser, CAPT Nikolay K. Fedorov (final rank VADM) is
in the foreground.

USS Little Rock (CG 4) steaming with USS
Saratoga (CV 60) and other units of the U.S. Sixth Fleet, en
route to an anchorage near Gaeta, Italy, on 16 March 1976. The ships
are returning from a training exercise.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center # NH 98962.

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View aft from the bow where she is permanently moored at
the Buffalo Naval and Servicemen's Park in Buffalo, NY. Sep 2002

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when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update
this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period
of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the
newest contact if more than one contact was found.